Objects, images and in betweens

This thesis is an exploration of the commodification of architecture, where the matter of a building has been reduced to the status of an object, and an exploration of the neglected space that lies between such objects. This is most often seen in the architecture of speculative development, and is symptomatic of how architecture has been treated by its close association with the market economy. The prevailing mode of the construction industry is one of economy, and the capitalist system in which architecture works now demands revenue. This has resulted in the need to drive ‘newness’, an almost inbuilt obsolescence created from the need to sell new buildings, resulting in an unchecked process of generative form1. Adam Caruso decries what he calls ‘The Tyranny of The New’, the condition of novelty that undermines the cultural continuity of architecture. The ever changing form of the architecture of late capitalism has been driven by the market’s demand to exaggerate the obsolescence of existing structures. Newness and expansion are driven by the needs of the market to sell floor space. Such buildings are usually insular, acting as singular objects which rely purely on image. They are framed by the spaces between them, spaces which are neglected by the objects‘ lack of engagement with the outside world. Their architectural qualities are purely image, in keeping with the requirement for novelty. The profession of architecture now seems to bow unequivocally to economic demand. Commercial projects most often rely on a formalism, the qualities of which are primarily visual, and applied after the fact as a ‘compensatory facade’2, according to Kenneth Frampton. This is an image applied to a building simply to put a friendly face on the universalist system of architectural objects, which are predicated entirely on production. The economy of means present in such projects renders any other qualities of the architecture as distantly secondary

Supplementary Information Files for 'A clinically applicable tool for rapidly estimating muscle volume using ultrasound images'

Supplementary Information Files for 'A clinically applicable tool for rapidly estimating muscle volume using ultrasound images'Abstract:Purpose: This study aimed to identify a safe, rapid, and accessible method of estimating muscle volume of key lower limb muscle groups to reduce the time-demand of acquiring this measurement and potentially facilitate its application as a clinical monitoring tool. Methods: Unilateral MRI images were acquired from the 12th thoracic vertebrae to the base of the foot in 18 recreationally active males. Panoramic B-mode ultrasound images were acquired from the same leg at the mid-hip, 25%, 50%, and 75% of thigh length, and 25% of shank length. Body mass, height, limb lengths, and circumferences at the sites corresponding to the ultrasound images were acquired. A single investigator manually analysed all images. Regression analyses were conducted to identify models for estimating volume of the hip extensor, knee extensor and flexor, and ankle plantarflexor muscle groups. Results: Models were developed for estimating hip extensor (SEE = 8.92%, R2 = 0.690), knee extensor (SEE = 5.24%, R2 = 0.707) and flexor (SEE = 7.89%, R2 = 0.357), and ankle plantarflexor (SEE = 10.78%, R2 = 0.387) muscle group volumes. The hip and knee extensor models showed good potential for generalisation. Systematic error was observed for the knee flexor and ankle plantarflexor models. Conclusions: Hip extensor, knee extensor and flexor, and ankle plantarflexor muscle group volumes can be estimated using B-mode ultrasound images and anthropometric measurements. The error shown for each of the models was sufficient to identify previously reported differences in muscle volume due to training or injury, supporting their clinical application.</div

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Chemically Tunable Full Spectrum Optical Properties of 2D Silicon Telluride Nanoplates

Silicon telluride (Si₂Te₃) is a two-dimensional, layered, p-type semiconductor that shows broad near-infrared photoluminescence. We show how, through various means of chemical modification, Si₂Te₃ can have its optoelectronic properties modified in several independent ways without fundamentally altering the host crystalline lattice. Substitutional doping with Ge strongly red-shifts the photoluminescence while substantially lowering the direct and indirect band gaps and altering the optical phonon modes. Intercalation with Ge introduces a sharp 4.3 eV ultraviolet resonance and shifts the bulk plasmon even while leaving the infrared response and band gaps virtually unchanged. Intercalation with copper strengthens the photoluminescence without altering its spectral shape. Thus, silicon telluride is shown to be a chemically tunable platform of full spectrum optical properties promising for optoelectronic applications

Prevalence and relative odds of 12-month mental disorders by past hypertension diagnosis.

<p>Prevalence and relative odds of 12-month mental disorders by past hypertension diagnosis.</p

Description of sample by 12-month <i>DSM-IV</i> Anxiety & Major Depression.

<p>Description of sample by 12-month <i>DSM-IV</i> Anxiety & Major Depression.</p

Additional file 4 of Factors influencing conveyance of older adults with minor head injury by paramedics to the emergency department: a multiple methods study

Additional file 4. Consequence factors influencing conveyance ofolder adults with minor head injury by paramedics

Additional file 2 of Factors influencing conveyance of older adults with minor head injury by paramedics to the emergency department: a multiple methods study

Additional file 2. Resource factors influencing conveyance of olderadults with minor head injury by paramedics

Multivariate models examinating the association between 12-month mental disorders and hypertension^*.

*<p>Models A and B are both adjusted for demographic variables (age, sex, race marriage, location), SES, lifetime smoking and alcohol use, substance use disorders and traumatic life events.</p

Summary of multivariate models examining the association between hypertension and 12-month mental health outcomes^*.

*<p>All models are adjusted for demographic variables (age, sex, race marriage, location), SES, lifetime smoking and alcohol use, substance use disorders and traumatic life events.</p